Imagine a world where life doesn’t rely on the same DNA and proteins as all living organisms on Earth. Instead, it’s a “mirror” of our biology—a completely synthetic form of life built from molecules ...

So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without ...

THE non-enzymatic asymmetric synthesis of α-amino-acids has long been of considerable stereochemical interest. However, the method of catalytic hydrogenation is the only one appearing in the ...

Scientists have been engineering “mirror life” by changing the chirality of life’s building blocks. Now, it's time to set ...

“Mirror bacteria” could evade people’s immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also ...

Natural life is characterized by specific molecular chirality, with ribonucleic acid (RNA), deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and proteins being composed of specific enantiomers. Advances in synthetic ...

Amino acids can exist in right and left-handed configurations ... The team evaluated proposals like creating mirrored phages and chiral antibiotics, but these were deemed insufficient.

All DNA and RNA found in all Earth life forms are made from "right-handed" molecules, while proteins are made from nearly entirely "left-handed" amino acids. The chirality of a molecule can ...